Re: Serial console install trouble

2000-10-11 Thread John Anderson
I have had a similar problem trying to install through a character terminal on an IBM PC 350. I pass the argument, but with the CD-Rom the kernel messages don't appear on the monitor, nothing appears on the terminal screen either. I tried the floppy (idepci) which won't fully boot at all. The C

Serial console install trouble

2000-10-08 Thread ikamps
I want to do a serial console installation on a i386 computer that doesn't have a monitor or a keyboard. But because of some reason it doesn't work instead of functioning like noted in the installation instructions: "If you are booting with a serial console, generally the kernel will autodetect thi